Born 24 May 1888, Jackson's Crossing, Columbus Co., NC; died Apr 1974, Hallsboro, NC.
This photo was one of three discovered recently in an old chest belonging to my grandmother, Virginia Florence Hall, eldest daughter of Jennie. She's holding Virginia in the picture (c. 1908).
She was born in an area called Jacksons Crossing, a tiny place between Hallsboro and Whiteville, NC. She completed high school in Hallsboro, NC, held Sunday dinners and bridge parties all the time (Mom remembers seeing and hearing her laugh a lot in company which was a strong juxtaposition of the tough, "my way or the highway" everyday woman she was.)
Jennie died after both siblings (James and Chester), her husband and her daughters; Mom said that she was devastated to lose Elsie and when Virginia died, it seemed to finally break her. She came up to Raleigh for the memorial service at 1st Presbyterian Church (the church I grew up in where my grandfather, Fred Turner worked as custodian). Jennie spoke of her dead brother Chester frequently and very sadly, as if she had had a particularly strong attachment to him.
She never learned to drive and spent almost her entire life on the Hall farm.
